One thing I have learned from reading God’s Word and books from the past is that every generation struggles with the same struggles that we have today. Paul marveled that the believers in Galatia were so soon removed from what they had trusted to save them. These people became

Faithfulness is one attribute God looks for in every person, an attribute that any person can achieve. When God referred to Samuel, He declared that He would raise up a faithful priest. Notice that God did not condemn Eli as a

“Pastor, is there a place I can get involved with in the church?” This is the common question I am asked by members of my church. I am thrilled with their desire to want to be involved. However, the Scriptures make it clear there is a ministry with which every

Paul uses the sporting event of track to illustrate how a believer becomes stronger so that he can grow and do more for God. The runner understands the importance of his race, and that importance causes him to be temperate in all things. God says that every man

The part of the inheritance that was given to the tribe of Dan seemed to be too little for them. Instead of complaining about being too little, they chose to take matters into their own hands to go to battle and take more land. The result of this tribe taking the initiative not to

In the Scriptures, God has some unlikely associates that often don't seem to work together. For instance, there is grace and truth. Often, truth does not have grace when it is implemented, and grace often lacks truth which leads to compromise. God wants grace and

Confidence is a key element that is necessary in the Christian life to find victory or success as you serve the LORD. Satan knows confidence is necessary to succeed as a believer, and that is why he is always trying to

I see a sad statement in this verse that reminds me of the many older preachers who are no longer able to pastor or preach. Moses said, I can no more go out and come in. Age finally caught up to Moses. As much as he did not like it, the days when he led Israel forward to

Paul had a great burden for the Jews, but his burden also caused him to ignore the Holy Spirit trying to stop him. Paul wanted to go to Jerusalem with a Jewish vow to observe the feast of the Passover. First, Paul had no business observing this feast because Christ is

If you have ever had a dripping faucet, you understand its annoyance, especially if you are in a quiet place. There have been times in my travels when there was a dripping faucet in the hotel room that I was staying in. Because I was the only one in the room, that dripping faucet seemed

Deuteronomy 4:45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after...

Had the ten spies known what would have happened had they wholly followed the LORD, I imagine they would have changed the report they brought back about the land of Canaan. The ten

Jesus had just received a message that Lazarus was sick. Likely, the messengers told Him that Lazarus was deathly ill, but Jesus said that the sickness was not unto death. The very next verse then

God dealt with a critical issue that Israel would have to adhere to if they didn't want to stray from God’s blessings. God knew Israel would have strangers who would want to join them

The answer to any need you find in life is answered in Jesus Christ. Jesus is more than just a man who died on the cross. John says about Jesus, In him was, and from this point forward, John spends the rest of this book describing what Christ is to anyone who

Two groups of people are represented in these verses. Both sets of people were facing sorrow. However, while one group was sleeping, the other was praying. The disciples were sleeping because of sorrow, but Jesus was praying in the time of sorrow. The difference between

The disciples came to Jesus and said, Increase our faith. They wanted the faith that Jesus had to be able to do the miracles that He did. Jesus gave two illustrations on how to increase faith. He first tells them

The ministry of Christ gives several soul winning lessons that, if followed, would allow the believer to see many people saved. One of those lessons is when Jesus sent messengers into a village of the Samaritans, but

The work of the Lord is a great work that needs many people to accomplish the task of getting the Gospel out to their city and around the world. The comparison between the building of

You will rarely find the multitude doing what is right, but that does not mean the multitude is always wrong. In the Scriptures, many got caught up in the multitudes, but the problem with